German scientist Julius Richard Petri's 161st birth anniversary has inspired to Google to dedicate an interactive doodle showcasing his invention, the petri dish, in full action. Naturally, the search engine giant has chosen his most valuable contribution of Petri dishes to mark the occasion.
As is clear from the picture attached below, the guys over at Mountain View have chosen to use dishes drenched in the shades which the company uses for its logo and in the same series. The animated doodle features a hand complete with gloves emerging to put in bacteria in each of the six plates that appear on the screen.
When users hover over each of the screen, they will find out from exactly where the scientist has accumulated these bacteria for his research. For instance on hovering over the first three apparatus, a dirty sock, a padlock and a keyboard appear over the dishes. Those who haven’t already seen it on the search engine leader’s website, can check it out though the video we have embedded way below.
Julius Richard Petri was born on May 31, 1853 in Barmen (German Confederation). He studied medicine at the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Academy for Military Physicians and got his medical degree in 1876. Petri further pursued his studies at the Charite Hospital in Berlin and served as a military physician till 1882, becoming a reservist. He died on December 20, 1921 in Zeitz.
After serving as a military physician for a few years, Julius went on to assist Koch who was at the time, culturing bacteria on agar plants. That was when the scientist came up with the Petri plate, which continues to be the standard tool when it comes to culturing bacteria. He also went on to make some discoveries regarding the technique of agar culture. The said technique is employed for purifying or cloning colonies of the concerned micro organism which are derived from single cells.
Findings and inventions of Julius Richard Petri proved to be extremely effective in making a number of other life-saving discoveries. Most scientists will owe their research regarding various diseases spread by bacteria to these Petri dishes which definitely play a significant role in the laboratory. And in order to let people know about the contributions of the scientist, the concerned company has created this animated Google Doodle to educate website visitors regarding his role in Bacteriology.
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